Adjustable bracket for window-shades.



M; E. WAGNER. ADJUSTABLE BRACKET IOR WINDOW SHADES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23.1913.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

MARION E. WAGNER, OF

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ADJUSTABLE BRACKET FOR WINDQW-SIIADES,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1'7, 1914.

Application filed June 23,1913. Serial'No. 775,432.

specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an adjustable bracket forwindow shades of simple, durable and inexpensive con struction.

More particularly, it is my object to pro- Vide a bracket for windowshades which, in addition to being cheap and simple, is readily andeasily adjustable to windows of varying widths. Still a. further objectof my invention is to provide an adjustable window frame without the useof tacks, screws or other adjustable parts.

My invention consists in certain details, in the construction,combination and arrangement of the various parts of the device,

whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fullyset forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a front elevation of a portion of a window frame,equipped'with an adjustable bracket for window-shades, embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 shows an end elevation of my improved bracketinstalled on a window frame. Figs. 3. and a show detail perspectiveviews of portions of my improved bracket, and Fig. 5 shows a detail rearelevation of another portion of my bracket.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 toindicate generally.the frame of a window or other opening. My improvedbracket comprises two engaging devices preferably made from resilientWire and being substantially in the form of a V, having the arms 11. Atthe 'end of the arm 11,'the wire is bent at right angles tothe body ofthe arm forming a portion 12. The portions 12 are parallel to eachother. At the end of each portion 12 is a portion 13 bent at rightangles to the portion 12 and designed to engage the side of the windowframe. The portions 13 are parallel with each other and their ends aresharpened to enter the wood of the frame.

I" provide a contractible coil spring 14, which is secured at each endto the apex of one of the engaging devices, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

F or mounting a shade upon the engaging devices I have provided bracketsindicated generally by the reference character A, in Fig. 1, andcomprising a flat body 15 having its sides bent or rolled to form halfcylinders 16. The half cylinders 16 lie in substantially the same planeand are inclined from their outer ends slightly toward each other, asshown in Figs. 3 and 5; The half cylinders 16 are designed to receiveand engage the arms 11 of the engaging devices, as shown in Fig; 5.

It will readily be seen that by springing the arms 11 apart from eachother or closing together and sliding the bracket A to ward or from theapex of the engaging device, the bracket A may be secured in position onthe engaging device at any point. At the outer end of the bracket A,that is to say, on the end farthest from the apex of the engaging deviceI benda portion 17 away from the body device l5, at right anglesthereto, as shown in Fig. 3. In the portion 17 of one of the bracketsAis a hole 18 to receive the round lug atone end of a shade and in theportion 1.7 of the other bracket is a vertical slot 19 to receive theangular lug in such a bracket. Each of the portions 17 is provided witha hook shaped exhension 20 to receive and engage a curtain PO 6'.

In the practical use of my improved bracket for window shades theengaging devices-are placed adjacent to the frame of the window with themembers 13 engaging the sides of said frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.The brackets A. are then placed in position on the arms 11 of theengaging devices. If it is desired to vary the distance of the bracketsA from each other in order to I adjust, them for use with shades ofdifferent widths the brackets A are removed and the arms 11 of theengaging devices are moved toward each other or from each other and thebrackets A are placed in position on said arms.

It will readily be seen that when the arms 11 of eachengaging device areat a maxi mum distance from each other,'the brackets A, when mounted onth'arms 11, will be closer to each other than when said arms are at theminimum distance from each other. It is, therefore, clear that myimproved bracket may be readily adjusted to fit Windows of differentWidths on account of the resiliency of the springs 14: and that thebrackets A may be adjusted for use with devices of varying widths.

I claim as my invention:

In a device of the class described, a resilient e'ngaging devicecomprising diverging arms connected with each other at one end, andhaving hook members formed on their free ends for engaging the frame, asupporting device mounted on both arms of each engaging device andarranged to engage both of said arms at various points depending on thedistance of said arms apart from each other and to limit the movement ofsaid arms apart when so mounted, and resilient means for connecting thetwo engaging devices With each other.

Des Moines, Iowa, June 12, 1913.

MARION E. WAGNER.- Witnesses: HUGH STRONG, F. M. WALLIS.

